Hold an Eco Awareness Day at your School.

Begin by holding a school assembly and watch “The Dangers of Plastic Bags” video

Facilitate discussion in individual classrooms. Hold classroom brainstorming sessions to come up with the top ideas for solving the problem

Have each student design a poster to encourage shoppers to bring their own reusable bag. Take the posters to your local shopping outlets for display. Get the community involved by inviting local shop owners to pledge to eliminate plastic bags as a choice for shoppers. Publish the names of participating stores in the school newsletter.

Create classroom “No More Plastic Bag” videos to be posted on YouTube. Play the videos all year at the school assemblies.

Hold a school wide contest to design the logo for a reusable bag.

Take the winning design and have it printed on reusable bags to sell at the school's next fundraiser.

Read the following article for innovative ideas from an elementary school in Breckinridge, Colorado: Kids’ green team aims to curb plastic bag usage. The school was able to obtain a grant from a local ski resort to fund their initial reusable bag order.

Have a plastic bag recycling campaign. Set plastic trash cans around the school to be filled and taken to the recycling center. Track how many cans are filled during the school year. Take collected bags to the local recycling center.

Have a guest speaker from your local recycling company talk to the students about how recycling works in your community.

Have students write letters to their local city council members encouraging the passage of legislation banning plastic bags.

Invite the local newspaper to cover your event.